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All in ragged & rising
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Maybe that's what growing feels like. Maybe phoenix cycles of death and rebirth are less glamorous and more blood, sweat, and tears . . .
“Words beat against my teeth. I cannot speak. Ache rises from my gut and forms a lump in my throat; I am wordless with need. I feel small, weak, not enough to face the rising tide . . .”
I shed layers, peel the tough
and the tender, all through the bulb
that makes up the meat of me
I scrawl tender truths in my waiting art journal. Heart pounds in throat, thick with yearning. I smear luscious color in oil pastel, jagged strokes speaking emotions with no name.
I’m cracked open with love and ache every day, sometimes every moment. I’m made raw with weariness. I’m working to show up imperfectly, bringing my broken/whole, weeping/raging, joyful/grieving self to each moment as best as I can.
“I have been broken,
it’s true.
I have been broken
more than once,
over time, my seams
cracked, my protective
lacquer shattered.”
“In the beginning there was Africa and there was magic. Some of the people could fly. They had a sumpthin’ special 'bout 'em, a gift of wings.”
this is a moment
I have been through many
fighting, clawing, dirt under my nails
looking for a semblance of hope
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